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System, method, and computer program product for centralized management of an infiniband distributed system area network

a distributed system and network technology, applied in the field of computer systems, can solve the problems of inability to react to time, difficult management, and cost prohibitive offers

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-17
IBM CORP
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[0010] The above as well as additional objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed written description.

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As such offerings became cost prohibitive and could not react to the time-to-market requirements, multiple processors were tightly coupled together to create symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems.
However, these clusters often deploy proprietary interconnects to decrease latency and are difficult to manage.

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[0021] A preferred embodiment of the present invention and its advantages are better understood by referring to the figures, like numerals being used for like and corresponding parts of the accompanying figures.

[0022] The present invention is a method, system, and product in a data processing system for centrally managing the end nodes of a distributed system area network utilizing the InfiniBand fabric. The InfiniBand fabric includes multiple end nodes. One or more manager applications are established in one or more of the end nodes. An agent application is established in one or more end nodes. Each agent application is independent from the manager application.

[0023] Each manager application will register its presence with the subnet administrator by creating a Service Record in the subnet administrator's database. Thus, there will be a separate Service Record for each manager that is currently active. In this manner, each manager will advertise its presence to the rest of the In...

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Abstract

A method, system, and product in a data processing system are disclosed for providing centralized management of a InfiniBand distributed system-area network that includes multiple end nodes. A manager application is established in one of the end nodes. An agent application is established in one or more end nodes. Each agent application is independent from the manager application. The manager application maintains a current list of active agent applications and uses the list to manage the agent applications in the end nodes.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Technical Field [0002] The present invention relates generally to the field of computer systems and more specifically to a system, method, and computer program product for centrally managing InfiniBand distributed system area network end nodes. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Historically, increasing compute requirements were addressed by computer manufactures by designing faster uni-processor systems. As such offerings became cost prohibitive and could not react to the time-to-market requirements, multiple processors were tightly coupled together to create symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems. Again, driven by higher compute requirements, multiple single or multi-processors were connected together to create a cluster. Clusters of multiple systems provide increased compute capability. However, these clusters often deploy proprietary interconnects to decrease latency and are difficult to manage. [0005] A new industry standard archi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/24
CPCH04L41/044H04L41/082H04L41/046G06F15/177
Inventor ELKO, DAVID ARLENLEPORE, DANIEL H.MEHTA, CHETANPFISTER, GREGORY FRANCISSUGRUE, PATRICK JOHN
Owner IBM CORP
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